Video: Officer’s video shows moments after crash that led to fatal shooting
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This is video taken from a
Surrey, B.C., RCMP cruiser dashboard on the night of the fatal police shooting of Adam
Purdie on March 2, 2011. The video was taken by an RCMP officer’s personal camcorder,
which is why there are no official time or date stamps.

The video starts in the moments after Mr. Purdie has crashed
his car at the intersection of King George Boulevard and 56 Avenue around 11
p.m.

RCMP Constable Peter Neily rammed Mr. Purdie’s vehicle in an
attempt to prevent him from escaping, but Const. Neily’s car became wedged
up alongside Mr. Purdie’s until the two vehicles were roughly aligned.

Const. Neily testified that he then saw Mr. Purdie aiming
a rifle at him. Unable to drive forward or escape out his door, Const. Neily
leaned back in his seat and fired his service pistol at Mr. Purdie. Those shots
can be heard in the first 30 seconds of the video. Const. Neily fired two
full magazines, 30 rounds in total.

At the 1:59 mark, Const. Neily can be heard on the radio
reporting that the suspect aimed an AR-15 rifle at him. The
rifle turned out to be a .22-calibre Mossberg rifle, manufactured in the style
of an AR-15 assault rifle.